County Council Considers New Reopening Guidelines
As vaccination rates continue to increase and COVID-19 cases trend downward in Montgomery County, local leaders are considering easing some restrictions this week.
“The county council acting as the Board of Health is working with our public health team to determine guidelines for additional activities to resume,” said County Council President Tom Hucker during his weekly virtual media briefing on Monday.
The county council is expected to vote on the new reopening guidelines on Tuesday.
Once 50% of the county’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, lifted restrictions for businesses and activities include:
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According to county leaders, the number of allotted COVID-19 vaccine doses has slightly decreased on a federal and state level. During County Council President Tom Hucker’s media briefing on Monday, local health officials said the mass vaccination site at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus did ‘tremendously well’ last week by administering about 3,000 doses on Thursday […]
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Mass Vaccination Site Opens at Montgomery College Germantown Campus
Eligible residents flocked to the new mass vaccination site that opened at the Montgomery College Germantown campus on Wednesday.
Local health officials say the site will administer 1,300 to 1,500 doses per day. It is expected to eventually increase to 3,000 doses per day, with more resources from the state starting next week.
“We’re more likely to ramp-up starting next Thursday, April 8,” said Montgomery County Dept. of Health and Human Services Emergency Planner Sean O’Donnell. “We’ll have more individuals working on-site, we’ll be using some additional space. We’re using this week to test out operations and see what we need to do to handle more people,”